The Million Pound Day

"The Million Pound Day" is the second of three loosely interconnected novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the eighth Saint book The Holy Terror published in 1932. It had previously been published in the magazine Thriller.

Plot
While returning home to London after a brief holiday in Cornwall, Simon Templar rescues a delirious man from the hands of a thug. When the man recovers, Templar and Patricia Holm discover a scheme to undermine a new issue of Italian paper currency with unauthorized and counterfeit bills. This story takes place several months after the events of "The Inland Revenue", and as the story ends, Templar finds himself running afoul of Inspector Teal more so than usual.

Film adaptation
"The Million Pound Day" formed the basis for the 1939 film, The Saint in London which starred George Sanders as Templar. (This should not be confused with the Simon Templar book The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal, which was also published under the title The Saint in London.)